La Rouge Beret
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So how could we see North Korean unit / units deployed with the Soviets in Afghanistan during the 1980's. Points are also awarded for a deployment with the Western coalition from 2001 onwards.
AHC North Korean involvement in Afghanistan
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For the first one, I suppose you'd need NK to have better relations with the USSR than China (or at least as good). No Sino-Soviet split?
As for the second...I see little way that could happen besides a coup that throws out the Kim dynasty and establishes a western-friendly government. And that would probably have to happen a few years before 2001, both for the rest of the world to trust them, and for them to be in any shape to lend soldiers for an expedition thousands of miles away that has little impact on the homeland.
Maybe a coup after Kim-Il Sung's death?
La Rouge Beret
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I was thinking that perhaps the North Koreans deploy combat units in exchange of technology transfer or greater trade access. In essence paralleling the South Korean deployment to Vietnam.
As for the second... my thoughts would be that it would have to occur in a radically different environment or even Kim Jong Il adopts a more nuanced foreign policy.
As for the second... my thoughts would be that it would have to occur in a radically different environment or even Kim Jong Il adopts a more nuanced foreign policy.
The Cosmonaut Cat
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For the second, maybe if Afghanistan Invasion is a UN effort (ironically, like the Korean War in 1950s) and North Korea send its soldiers as part of the peacekeeping force? I heard that many poor nations contribute fairly large numbers of soldiers to UN peacekeeping missions because a peacekeeper is payed a lot of money by their standards, money which than flows into the national economy. So maybe NK decides to follow this strategy?